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Here’s the explanation to the quiz:
English learners often get confused with these two words: bring and take because in their native language, these words show no different in usage and meaning.
Take a look at these two sentences, both of them are correct:
• Bring an umbrella with you in case it rain.
– Probably said to you by someone who is going somewhere with you.
• Take an umbrella with you in case it rains.
– Probably said to you by someone who is not goin
– Probably said to you by someone who is not goin
To understand bring and take, think about direction.Something coming your way is brought to you whilesomething going away is taken from you.
We use bring if the speaker refers to something that is at his current location and when something moves from there to here.
Bring shows movement toward the speaker.
Bring shows movement toward the speaker.
We use take if the speaker refers to something that is in a different location and when something moves from here to there.
Take shows movement away from the speaker.
Take shows movement away from the speaker.
Common Mistake: Sit IN an armchair or ON?
I like to spend “me time” reading a good book or watching a movie without my kids around!
How do like to spend your “me time“?
How do like to spend your “me time“?What do you call it?
There are times when you can’t recall the name of a thing or a person. It’s up there on your mind, but you just can’t spit it out. You would probably say “Mmm… What do you call it?” Or “What was that thing…? Mmm… You know that thing.”
Here are two cool expressions that you can use when you don’t know or remember the name of a thing or a person’s name:
Thingamajig /ˈthiÅ‹-É™-mÉ™-ËŒjig/ and Whatchamacallit /ˈhwä-chÉ™-mÉ™-ËŒkȯ-lÉ™t/
Meaning: Used to refer to or address a person or thing whose name one has forgotten, does not know, or does not wish to mention.
Thingamajig
Whatchamacallit
Examples:
“Can I have that thingamajig… that thingamajig that mild, has firm texture, very creamy…”
“I can’t find the whatchamacallit that holds the paper down so that it won’t be blown away by the wind.”
“I can’t find the whatchamacallit that holds the paper down so that it won’t be blown away by the wind.”
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